Her first play, Mixie and the Halfbreeds (with Adrienne Wong) is on the list of 49 plays by Women of Colour That You Can Program Tomorrow (http://the49list.com) and was produced by fuGEN this past Spring. She is currently working with the French company cie IKBcreating Identités, a play about the many facets of Québécois identity, and is beginning work on her third play, Mizushobai, (commissioned by Montreal’s Tableau D’Hôte Theatre) about Kiyoko Tanaka-Goto, a Japanese picture bride turned business woman in 1930’s British Columbia.

Julie is co-artistic director of Tashme Productions, associate artistic producer of Metachroma Theatre, and is currently a mentor with Black Theatre Workshop’s Artist Mentorship Program.

Matt Miwa is a theatre, performance and video artist based in Ottawa Ontario, where he works to build bridges and collaboration between cultural communities. Matt proudly serves on the board of the Ottawa Japanese Community Association and was the Executive Director of Les Prix Rideau Awards, a community building organization for Ottawa-Gatineau's professional and co-lingual theatre community(ies).

For theatre, Matt is currently in residency with Ottawa’s undercurrents theatre festival in which he is writing and directing his new piece entitled, “Bold Woman, Love!” both a dream play and a modern retelling of Electra’s story.

About the Director

Mike Payette

Mike Payette is a Montréal-based actor and director who has appeared on some of Canada’s finest stages including The Citadel, MTYP, Vertigo, The Grand, Factory Theatre, Neptune, and the National Arts Centre, as well as with great local companies Geordie Productions, Black Theatre Workshop, Imago, Repercussion Theatre, and the Segal Centre for Performing Arts among others. Directing credits include the Montréal premieres of A Line in the Sand, Elizabeth Rex, Harlem Duet, Another Home Invasion, and the Montréal English-language premiere of Michel Tremblay’s Hosanna from which he won a META for Outstanding Direction. He is the co-founder and former Artistic Director of Tableau D’Hôte Theatre, a founding member of Metachroma Theatre, has served as Artist-in-Residence for Neworld Theatre in Vancouver, and was Assistant Artistic Director for Black Theatre Workshop. Last year, Mike was appointed as the new Artistic Director of Geordie Productions and he thanks both his family at work and home for their tireless support.

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The Tashme Project: The Living Archives

The script for The Tashme Project: The Living Archives was created and developed in collaboration with Playwrights' Workshop Montréal.